DON’T TEACH IT TO BUTT – News From The Hills
The sun peeped up over Pilot Knob this morning, but was soon obscured by clouds that covered the sky. The
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The sun peeped up over Pilot Knob this morning, but was soon obscured by clouds that covered the sky. The
Read MoreForty years! That’s how long it’s been since I graduated in the fourth graduation class of Wayne High School. A
Read MoreSally had been married for seven years, and all she wanted was to be a mother. Only a few months
Read MoreSteve, the tall cowboy of us philosophy types, was riding a young horse through town the other day to get
Read MoreWarm weather is still hesitating on the threshold of spring, as if debating whether to enter or let winter weather
Read MoreThe crack of the bat is in the air and many a mind turns to baseball. Soon the TinCaps will
Read MoreThere are some people who, quite frankly, are impossible to love. You can’t dig deep enough, can’t try hard enough,
Read MoreRobins have returned after spending the winter farther south. I hear one or two singing from the trees in our
Read More“So why do we salute the flag, kids?” said Abraham Lincoln Bahdziewicz. Woodrow Wilson Bahdziewicz, the oldest of the Bahdziewicz
Read MoreYou’ll be blessed reading my column this month, not because I wrote it, because I interviewed my friend, Annemarie D.,
Read MoreThe spring songbirds are lifting their voices in praise to their Creator this morning; they have deserted the feeder and
Read MoreRecently at a Pierceton antique shop I came across two identical satin whole cloth medallion quilts: blue on one side
Read MoreIt was late February, and the temperature was about -20 degrees when I went to take care of the pregnant
Read MoreBright sunshine glitters on a snowy landscape, and the sky is bright blue. It is a drastic change from yesterday’s
Read MoreI confess, I didn’t know much about coverlets except that they are woven on looms so when I was asked
Read MoreThe very last day of February slides off the calendar, making way for the month of March. We are not
Read MoreBright sunshine glitters on a snowy landscape, and the sky is bright blue. It is a drastic change from yesterday’s
Read MoreWhen Country Living Magazine featured a quilt from Born Again Quilts in last November’s issue and referenced BAQ as a
Read MoreI grew up with a lot of religious rules. To violate these rules was to subject oneself to the judgment
Read MoreThe sun is shining brightly on our hills today, although a wayward wind is laced through the sunshine. The cardinals
Read MoreValentines are in the air and talk of love is everywhere! (So much for sappy poetry.) You can go to
Read MoreThe Astronaut Wives Club: a true story by Lily Koppel is now an ABC ten-part mini-series projected to air this
Read MoreA few snowflakes drift down on our hills this morning from an overcast sky that seems to promise more snow.
Read MoreI started out the year well, determined to lose weight. I worked out every morning for quite a while, and
Read MoreWe turn another calendar leaf, and a New Year is spread out before us. Unused, unspotted and blank. The beginning
Read MoreNow the winter holidays are behind us and it is time to settle down for some serious quilt restoration work.
Read MoreFor our family vacation this year, my husband, and our 6-year-old son, Isaac, and I loaded into the car and
Read MoreWhen my office phone rang, I answered it to find the chairman of the C.I.S. (Computer Information Systems) department on
Read MoreFor years now, Herb Collins has been helping Santa by donning the red and the beard and the tassels and
Read MoreMarking the birthday of a man who Bing Crosby called, “the beginning and the end of music in America.” Born
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